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' N TE D STATES JOHN B. I-IADAWAY, OF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STITCH SEPARATING ANDlNDENTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,978, dated June26, 1894.

Application filed March 28, 1894. Serial No. 505,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. HADAWAY, of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Stitch Separating and Indenting Machine, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates toa stitch separating and indenting machine and it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the accompanying drawings and to the claims hereto appended and in which my invention is clearly pointed out. 7

In the manufacture of boots and shoes of that class in which the outer soles are Secured thereto by sewing through said sole and a welt secured to the upper and inner sole it has been customary after the sole has been sewed to the Welt to perform the operation called in the trade pricking up the stitches, which consists in pressing a sharp edged tool between each two contiguous stitches on the upper side of the welt from the forward end of the shank on one sidearound the fore part to the same point on the other side, to clearly define the division between the stitches and thus improve the appearance of the boot or shoe.

' The object of my invention is the production of a machine that willaccuratelyseparate, or prick up the stitches regardless of slight variations in their lengths, the separating or pricking up tool being automatically adjusted to the division between two stitches, before being. depressed, said automatic adjustment being elfected by the stitch itself. To accomplish this I have produced the machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a plan. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, with a portion of the hand wheel broken away. Fig. 4; is a sectional elevation, the cutting plane being on line 00, so, on Fig. 1 and looking toward the left of said figure. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of portions of the revolving work support,the fixed welt bearing work-support, the separating tool and its carrying lever, with ively a plan and an elevation of a revoluble 1 gage and its holder. Figs. 15 and 16 are similar views of a modification of the gage and its support made in piece. Figs. 17 and 18 are respectively a front elevation and a longitudinal section of a modification of the revoluble work support. I Fig. 19 is an elevation of the ratchet plate looking toward the left of Fig. 4. Figs. 20, and 21, are respectively a plan and a front elevation of the horizontally reciprocating slide which carries the rocking separator lever and the. trip lever. Fig. 22 is a plan view of a portion of a shoe Sole and welt united by a line of stitches and showing a portion of its length as it appears after the stitches have been acted upon by my machine. In the drawings A is the bed of the machine provided with the legs A A, which may be formed integral with,or be secured to, said bed, in any suitable manner and by which the machine may be secured in the desired position upon a bench or table, not shown.

The bed A has formed upon or secured to its upper side the upwardly projecting stands A A in suitable bearings in which is mounted the driving shaft B having mounted upon one end the hand wheel 0, upon its other end the grooved driving wheel D, and between its two bearings the face cams E and F and the combined cylinder and face cam G, H.

The bed A has formed in one piece therewith the upwardly projecting blocks A and A connected at their upper ends by the plate A", and also the upwardly projecting stand A having the forwardly projecting angular portion A also connected to the plate A In the front face of the block A is formed a T shaped vertical groove to which is fitted so as to be movable vertically therein the bar I provided with the outwardly projecting lug 1 into which is screwed the pendent rod J which passes through the threaded sleeve J adj ustably set in the car A formed upon or secured to the bed A, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.. The lower end of the rod J is connected by any suitable means, as K, to a treadle, not shown, and has adjustably secured thereon the collar a between which and the lower end of the sleeve J it is surrounded by the rubber cushion b to take the blow of the upward movement of the bar I when the foot is removed from the treadle. The sleeve J has fitted thereon the check nut c to clamp it firmly to the car A in the desired adjusted position. Between the upper end of the sleeve J and the under side of the lug I the rod J is. surrounded by the coiled spring d which is held in place concentric with the axis of the rod J by the collars e and e as shown in. Fig.

. 4. Theupper end of the bar I has set therein a stud f upon which is mounted so as to be revoluble thereon the lower work-support L which may be formed from a single piece of metal asshown in Figs. 17 and 18 or it may carried by the lever M, pivoted to the block A4, and carrying at its rear end the roll h which is acted upon by the cam F, to depress the rear end of said lever and cause the pawl h to engage theiratchet plate h and lock the bar! and wheel L in their raised positions, while the stitches are being separated and the welt indented, the roll k being kept in contact with the cam F by the spring k shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

The block A has cut through it, at the back of the groove therein, a slot to permit access of thepawl h to the ratchet plate It and the side of said slot has set, ina fixed position therein-,a pin Z, with which the shoulder i on said pawl engages, when the frontend of thelever M is moved downward, and thus intahleN against which the welt of the shoe is pressed when the tread surface of the sole is placed upon the lower work support and the operators foot is removed from the treadle.

The front end of said table is slotted as shown in Figs. 1, 4c, 11 and 12 for the passage of the stitch separating toolj.

The plate A has formed therein a horizontal T shaped groove extending parallel to the axis of the shaft B and has fitted therein so asto be movable endwis e thereof the plate 0 havingformed in its upper side the rectangular groove 7c extending transversely thereof and also having formed integral therewith,

the ears 0 and 0 as shown in Figs. 20, and 21.. The ear 0 has pivoted thereto. the lever P one arm 7c of which extends ina nearly horizontal direction to the. right of its pivotal connection to. said ear and the other arm of which extends upward, then to theleft, and then downward in the form of a. goose neck, and. is provided with the upwardly proj ecting lugZ and the laterallyprojectin-g lug Z. P is the trip lever pivoted to the ear or stand O and provided at its front. end with the set screw m adjustably set therein and secured in its adjusted position by the check nut m, the end of said set screw being arranged to act upon the end of the arm 76" of the leverP to depress said arm by the action of the face cam H, formed on the right: hand end of the cylindercam G as viewed in Fig. 1, upon the truck or roll m mounted upon a stud set in the end of the rearwardly projecting arm of said lever said truck being held in contact with said cam by the tensio of the spring m as shown in Fig 3. i

The lug Z of thelever 1? has suspended therefrom the rod 71. to the lower end of which is connected one end of the spring a, the other end of which isconnected to some fixed portionof the machine,and serves to move the arm 70 of thelever P downward, the tensionof said spring being regulated by the thumb nut n shown in. Figs- 1, 2,. and 3. The stitch separating'tool j has its lower end made of a rounded V shape, as viewed from the front of the machine,and is adjustably secured to the lower arm of the tool stock Q by the clamping plateQ and screw Q as shown in Figs. 1,2, 3, 9, and 10. sures the disengagement of said pawl from The tool stock Q is pivoted at n to the leverl? so as to be movable to aivery limited tends horizontally therefrom through an eye in the lug Z and has fitted to its right hand end the thumb out 0 between which and the 1 lug Z it is surrounded by the spring 0 the tension of which is regulated by said thumb nut and tends to move the upper end of the tool stock toward the right of Fig. 2. The rod 0 also has fitted thereto, between the tool stock Q. and the lug Z, the stop nut o and check nut 0 which serve to limit the move ment of the upperend of said tool stock toward the right of Fig. 2. The lug l has pivoted thereto the threaded rod 19 which 'extends therefrom ,toward the left of Fig. 2 throughan car on the back side of said tool stock and has fitted thereto at the leftof said stock the stop nut 9 and thumb nut 10? which? .the slot 1 in which is adj ustably secured by; the clamping nut r the stud r carrying at its lower end a rectangular block which fits into Z the transverse groove 70 in the plate 0, as a; meansof reciprocating said plate to a greater; or less extent according to the adjustment of the stud r to a greater or less distance fromf the fulcrum of the lever B. l

S is the pressure leverpivoted at s and carrying at its rear end the roll or truck 8' which is engaged and acted upon by the face cam' E to vibrate said lever aboutits fulcrum pin s. The front arm of the lever S extends up-i ward and forward from its fulcrum for a short Q distance, andis thenbent at right angles to-; ward the right of Fig. 1 and bears upon a roll a mounted upon a stud set in the down-f wardly turned end of the arm 70 of the lever P, to depress said arm and the tool-stock and; tool to indent the welt as shown on the right,

hand portion of Fig.22. The front arm of,

the lever S is also provided with the upwardly projecting arm S in the upper end of which is adjustablymounted the set screw t in position for its end to be engaged by the adjusted position, when set, by the check-nut t, and the roll 3' is kept in contact with the periphery of the cam E by the tension of the spring u connected at one end to the lever S in the positions shown in the drawings the operator first turns the hand wheel in the direction indicated by the arrow on Fig. 3 a distance equal to about one hundred and twenty degrees when theseparator tool will have vbeen raised to its extreme height, andmoved to the extreme of its movement toward the right from the position in which it is shown:

in Figs. 1 and 2, the front end of the pressure lever S will have been raised so as to permit the tool-stock to be raised by the action of the front end of the trip lever Pupon the end of the arm is of the lever P, and the pawl end of the locking lever will have descended causing the shoulder 1; of the pawl, or pawls, (as preferably a plurality of pawls h having slightly varying. lengthsare carried by said locking lever) to come in contact with'the pin .71 and thus be thrown out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet plate It. The operator now places his foot upon the t'readle and depresses thelower work support L, against the tension of the spring cl, to

i a sufficient distance to permit the insertion of the sole edge between said lower work support and the table N. He then takes the shoe in his left hand with the heel toward the left and places the tread surface of the sole upon the lower work support at a point at the forward part of the shankwith the upper surface of the weltbeneath the upper work support or table N, and with the edge of the sole resting against the gage lip or wheel which has previously been adjusted to a position to bring the stitch to be operated upon. directly beneath the bulge j',on the lower-end of theseparating tool j, when the camshaft is set in motion. Thefirst efiect produced by the revolution of the shaft Bis to raise the front end of the trip lever P and thus release the rocking lever P, and permit the tension of the spring a to move the arm 10 of the lever P andthe. tool stock downward and cause the end of the separator tool j to press lightly upon the stitch nearthe middle of its length. The slidingplate O is next moved toward the left, a distance equal to nearly one half its entire reciprocation which should be about one andone third the averagelength of the stitches in the sample of work to be operated upon, the stud in the slotted forward arm of the feed lever having been previously adjusted to the proper point to impart to said slide the desired length of movement. This first movement of the plate 0 toward the left causes the point of the separator tool to move in. the same direction vresting lightly upon the stitch until itspoint drops into the slight indentation between two stitches, when the next stitch willprevent the point of said tool moving farther in that direction, when a continuation of the movement of the plate 0 will cause the upper end of the tool stock Qto be moved toward the left, moving about the bearing ofthe tool j upon the work, until the'upper end of the tool stock comes nearly into contact with the stop nut 19. When the first movement of the plate 0 and the lever P toward the left is completed, the cam Fmovesthe lever M about its fulcrum so as to raise the pawl h andcause it to engage the teeth of the ratchet plate It andlock the bar I firmly'in position, when the cam E acting upon the leverSdelpresses the arm of the lever P and the tool-stock Q to cause the end of the tool j; to indent the welt and clearly define the separationbetween two stitches, the depth of the indentation being determined by the adjustment of the tool j in its stock Q. The next movement is the depression of the front end of the looking lever, causing the pawls h to be disengaged from the teeth of the ratchet plate, by coming in contact with the pin 6, when the feed lever will again be moved about its fulcrum, by another throw in the cam G, to complete the movement of the plate 0 toward the left of Figs. 1 and 2, and if the upper end of the tool stock Q, has not already come in contact with the stop nut p or the set-screw t it will continue to be moved about the lower end of the separating tool as a fulcrum until it comes in contact with the set-screwt when the movement of the upper end of said tool stock toward the left will be arrested, and then as the movement of the plate 0 and lever P continues in that direction the lower end of the tool stock and the tool carried thereby will be moved in the same direction and feed the work a distance equal to the length of a stitch when the tool stock will have assumed an upright position again with the stop nut 0 in contact with the lug Z as shown in the drawings. The locking lever is now operated to cause the pawls h to engage the ratchet plate and lock the work between the upper and lower work supports, when the front end of the presser lever will be raised from contact with the roll carried by the lever P, when the trip lever P is acted upon by its cam to again depress its front end and the arm k of the lever'P thereby raising the arm of the lever P and the tool stock and tool until the lower end of said tool is just above the under surface of the upper work support or table N when the motion of the feed lever is reversed and the plate 0 is moved toward the right to its original position at which time the cam shaft will have completed one revolution and as said shaft continues to revolve the hereinbefore described operations will be repeated at every revolution until all the stitches have been separated from the point of beginning around the toe to the corresponding point on the other side of the shoe,

and the tool will be depressed accurately between each two stitches regardless of the va riations in the lengths of the stitches which is the essential feature of my invention together with the mechanism employed to accomplish this automatic selection of the several points where the indentations are to be made.

The depressions between the stitches are made of uniform depth and when done by gage, on trimmed or finished edges, will be of uniform distance from the bead on the edge of the sole, which is a very desirable thing to accomplish.

The nose of the upper work support being set in line with or just in front of the separating tool prevents the upper being scratch ed by the movements of said tool.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A machine for separating or pricking up the stitches in a welted shoe sole comprising the following elements, viz, a work support, a rocking lever or frame mounted upon a movable fulcrum pin, a tool stock pivoted to said rocking lever; a separating tool carried by said tool stock, a tension device constructed and arranged to hold said tool stock in its normal position relative to said rocking lever until moved from said position by the application of power to overcome said tension, a cam and lever for positively moving said rocking lever about its fulcrum in one direction to raise said tool and its stock, a spring to move said parts in the opposite direct-ion, stops to limit the vibrations of the tool stock, a cam and lever for imparting to said rocking lever a positive reciprocation in a direction at right angles to the axis of its fulcrum pin; and a camand lever for applying force to said rocking lever to force said separating tool into the work.

2. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot or shoe soles, the combination of a work support; an automatically adjustable separator for locating the intervals between the stitches whether of uniform or varying lengths; and means having provision for forcing said tool between the stitches when the point of said tool has located itself in the 1 space between two stitches.

3. In a machine for separating the stitches in the soles of boots or shoes, the combination of a work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; an upper work support or table arranged to bear upon the upper surface of the welt; a separating tool means having provision for pressing said tool lightly upon the line of stitching, and moving it longitudinally thereof, in two steps, whereby said tool is made to automatically locate the intervals or spaces between the stitches whether of uniform or varying lengths; and mechanism having provision for forcing said tool between said stitches to separate them.

4:. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles, the combination of a work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; an upper support or table to rest upon the upper surface of the welt; a gage to determine the position of the shoe; a rocking lever mounted on a movable fulcrum, a tool stock pivoted to said lever by its middle; a

separating tool adjustably mounted in the lower end of said stock; a tension device for normally holding the upper end of said stock in a given position relative to said rocking lever; adjustable stops for limiting the vibration of said tool about its fulcrum; mechanism having provision for moving said rocking lever about its fulcrum in one direction with a positive and uniform motion; a spring for moving it in the opposite direction and pressing the separating tool lightly upon the stitch; a cam andlever for reciprocating said rocking lever in adirection at{right anglesto the'axis of its fulcrum-pin; and mechanism having provision for applying pressure, in addition to, the spring, to said rocking lever to forceithe separating tool into the work between the stitches. s

5. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles, the combination of a' revoluble work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; an upper work support or table arranged to bear upon. theupper surface of the welt and slotted at its front end for the passage of the separating tool; a gage to guide the work; mechanism having provision for clamping the sole edge between said revoluble work support and the table; a rocking lever or frame mounted upon a movable fulcrum; a tool stock pivoted to said rocking lever; a separating and indenting tool carried by said tool stock; a tension device for holding said tool stock in its normal position relative to said rocking lever; a spring for moving said rocking lever in one direction about its fulcrum; a cam and lever for reciprocating said rocking lever at right angles to its axis of oscillation; a cam and lever for applying pressure in addition to the tension of said spring to force the tool into the material between the stitches; and mechanism having provision for movingsaid rocking lever about its axis in the opposite direction, against the tension of said spring.

6. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles, the combination of a yielding work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; a ratchet plate connected to said yielding support; an upper work support or table arranged to bear upon the surface of. the welt; a lever; a cam constructed and arranged to intermittently vibrate said lever; a pawl pivoted upon said lever and arranged to engage the teeth of said ratchet plate when the pawl end of said lever is moved upward; and a fixed pin to be engaged by said pawl, when it is moved downward, and throw it out of engagement with said ratchet, whereby said yielding work support is alternately locked in a fixed position as to vertical movement, and rendered yielding.

7. In a machine for separating the stitches of a boot or shoe sole, the combination ofthe vertically movable bar I; the work support L carried thereby; the rod J pendent from said bar; the connection K leading from said rod to a treadle; the sleeve J surrounding said rod and adjustable vertically in a fixed bearing; the spring (1; the collars a, e, and e, the rubber cushion b,- the ratchet plate h; the pawl h the pivoted lever M; the cam F;

and the fixed pin 1' all constructed arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the shat'tB; the cams E F G andH; the horizontally reciprocating plate 0 provided with the ears 0 and 0 and the transverse groove is; the lever P provided with the arms and 70 and the lug Z and pivoted to the ear 0'; the spring n connectedfato n'elelid to theI'arr'nZ kiiof said lever P and at its other end to some fixed'part of the machine; the tool stock Q and the roll S carried by the arm lab-the tool j adjustably set in said tool stock; the tension rod 0 pivoted to said tool stock and having a bearing in the lug Z; the nuts 0 0 and o fitted to and adjustable on said rod; the spring 0 the lever S engaging the roll S to depress the arm 10 of the lever P and provided with the adjustable screw stop t; the levenRtprovided with the adjustable stud r carrying a rectangular block fitted to the groove lo; and the lever P constructed and arranged to act upon the upper side of the arm k of the lever P, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

9. Ina machine for separating the stitches of boot or shoe soles the combination of a vertically movable work support to receive the tread surface of the shoe sole; mechanism having provision for intermittently locking said work support in its raised position;avertically oscillating and horizontally reciprocating lever or frame; a separating tool carried by said lover; a spring connected to said lever'and adapted to press said tool upon the stitch; mechanism having provision for moving said tool along said stitch under the tension of said spring until the point of said tool.

drops into the space between two stitches; means having provision for pressing said tool into said space and indenting the welt by a positive pressure in addition to the tension of said spring; mechanism for moving said tool another step in the same direction to feed the work; mechanism having provision for raising said tool from the work and moving it horizontally to the starting point.

10. In amachine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles, the combination of a work support; a gage to determine the vposition of the sole upon said support an automatically adjustable separator for locating the intervals between the stitches; and mechanism having provision for forcing said separator between the stitches when the point of said separator has been located between the stitches. v

11. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles, the combination of a work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; an upper work support or table arranged to bear upon the uppersurface of the welt; a gage to determine the position of the work on said supports; an automatically operatedseparating tool adapted to locate the intervals or spaces between the stitches whether of uniform or varying lengths; and mechanism having provision for forcing said tool between said stitches to separate them and indent the welt.

12. In a machine for separating the stitches of boot and shoe soles the combination of a work support to receive the tread surface of the sole; a gage to determine the position of IIO said sole on the support 3&- vertically and horifor raising said tool and moving it horizonzontally movable separating tool adapted to tally to its position before being depressed by automatically locate the spaces between the the spring. a 5 stitches whether said stitches are of uniform In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 or varying lengths; a spring for moving said name to this specification, in the presence of tool in to contact with the stitches; mechanism two subscribing witnesses, on this 15th day of for moving said tool horizontally in one di- March, A. D. 1894. i rection in two stepswith a stand still beit JOHN B HADAVVAY tween them; mechanism having provision for [0 moving said tool another step downward by \Vitnesses:

a positive pressure to force said tool into the N. O. LOMBARD, work between two stitches; and mechanisms MARsHALL UNDERWOOD. 

